Door stop



L. J. SEM EYN Dec. 21, 1948.

DOOR STOP Filed June 24, 1946 \NVENTQR LEONARD d. SENEYN ATTo RNEYSPatented Dec. 21, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DOOR STOP Leonard J.Semeyn, Lamont, Mich.

Application June 24, 1946, Serial No. 679,002

5 Claims. (Cl. 292-344) This invention relates to a novel structure ofdoor stop, and is adapted to be placed in the path of movement of aswinging door to hold the door in a position to which it has beenopened, and impose an obstruction against its movement in the directionof a side of a door against which it is placed.

It is principal object and purpose of the present invention to provide adoor stop in the form of a block having appreciable weight and coveringit with a 'fabric covering productive of frictional resistance when thedoor stop is placed against the floor or floor covering; and to providea stop which may be placed at any one of its four sides against thefloor or a cover therefor together with practical and novel means forsecuring the covering in place and eliminating the effect of the seamwhere edge portions of the covering are connected together at a side ofsaid block.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. l is a perspective view of a door stop made in accordance with myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inner block which has the coveringapplied thereto.

Fig. 3 is an and elevation of the door stop after the application of thecover thereto and before the end securing plates are connected.

4 is a longitudinal vertical section through the door stop shown in Fig.1.

Fig. 5 is a similar enlarged fragmentary section at one end thereof.

Fig. 6 is a partial vertical transverse section and end elevation.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5 illustrating a modification in thestructure attaining the same functions and results, and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the end frame two of which are used inthe modified construction.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figuresof the drawing.

The interior block I is of relatively long and rectangularparallelopiped form and at one side, the upper side as shown in thedrawing, is molded or otherwise provided with a longitudinal groove 2therein. At each end and adjacent each of its side edges a projectingrib 3 of convex form is inte rally cast or molded with the block I.plurality of spaced longitudinal openings or passages 4 lengthwise ofthe block are made within the confines of the surrounding ribs 3 asshown in Fig. 2.

The interior block is covered by a fabric covering 5 which is longerthan the length of the block and which where Wrapped around the sidesthereof has its meeting edges portions secured together by alongitudinal seam 6 located at the groove '2 (Fig. 6). The projectingend portion of the cover at each end of the inner block is turnedinwardly around the ribs 3 and extends inwardly from the ribs shortdistances to lie flat against the adjacent portions of the ends of theblock within said ribs as indicated at I, the corner portions of saidinwardly turned flaps 7 being mitered as shown in Fig. 3, to eliminateoverlapping of the end portions of the covering at adjacent edges.

A rectangular plate 8 of fiat metal or equivalent material is locatedagainst each of the ends of the structure within the ribs 3 and againstthe portions of the fabric covering which extend inwardly from saidribs. Longitudinal rods 9 are disposed within each of the longitudinalpassages threaded at their ends. The plates are secured in place andbrought into tight binding engagement against the flaps l by means ofsocket screws it which pass through openings in the plates 8 and arescrewed on the threaded end portions of the rods t.

As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the ribs 3 which have been described may beleft off of the block I and replaced by a metal frame having parallelvertical sides and a lower side H, the upper side, having the samereference character, having a space I 2 between its adjacent ends whichwill come into conjunction with an end of the groove 2. The sides of theframe are of concavo-convex form and serve the same purposes as the ribs3 when a frame is located one against each end of the inner block I. Thefabric is passed around and outside of the frame and the flaps continuedinwardly against the block I and are secured in place by the samestructure previously described, including plates 8, rods 9 and socketscrews I 0. In outward appearance the door stop construction both of theforms described is identical.

The material of the interior block may be of any desired acceptablecharacter. It may be cast from metal or molded from earthen materials inbrick form such as clay or other solid material having the requisiteweight. When located at the side of the door it will hold the door frommovement in the direction of the stop. The frictional engagement of thecover at the side of the stop resting upon the floor or its coveringprovides increased resistance to moving the door stop. Any side of thedoor stop structure may be placed against the floor. Greater frictionalresistance to move will occur when one of the two sides of larger areathan the other two sides is located in engagement with the floor Or itscovering. The door stop structure described is readily made and itsfabric covering not only removes and eliminates unsightliness ofappearance, but is of functional value because of the frictionalresistance to move which it adds to the structure.

The invention is defined in theappended claims and is to be consideredcomprehensive of all forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim:

1. A door stop construction comprising, an elongated block ofrectangular cross section, said block having longitudinal passageslengthwise thereof, a fabric covering located around the sides of theblock and covering the same having end portions at each end extendingbeyond the ends of each side of the covering extending inwardlypartially over the ends of the block, a plateof rectangular form at eachend of the block located against and partially covering said endportions of the'covering at each end of the block, rods extendingthrough said longitudinal passages in said block, and screws passingthrough said plates threaded on to each end of each rod for clamping theplates against the portions of the covering at the inner sides ofthevplates.

2. A construction as defined in claim 1, said block at each end thereofhaving an outwardly extending rib at each side of the block and saidendcovering portions covering said ribs and partially covering the endof the block within the ribs, and said plates being located in therecesses surrounded by the ribs.

3. A door'stop comprising, an elongated block rectangular in crosssection having four sides andtwo ends located in planes at right anglesto adjacent sides and ends, one of said sides having a longitudinalgroove therein, a fabric covering around said block and against itssides havinglongitudinal edge portions connected together opposite saidgroove, said covering at each end and at each side of the block having aflap extending beyond the end of the block and hearing against said end,clamping plates, one against said flaps at each end of the block, andmeans for securing said plates in place and forcing them against saidflaps to clamp them between the plates and the ends of the block.

4. A construction as defined in claim 3, and a rectangular frame ofmetal having sides of concave-convex cross sectional form located oneagainst each end of the block adjacent the sides thereof and over whichsaid flaps are located, said plates being disposed within said frames.

5. A door stop comprising, a block of rectangular parallelopiped form, afabric covering around the sides of said block having end portionsextending beyond each end thereof and located against said ends of theblock, means for clamping said end portions of the fabric against :the':ends of the block,-said end portions of the cover extending beyond theend of the block partially covering each end of the block, said meansfor clamping said end portions of the covering comprising, a clampingplate located against each end of the block at the outer side of each ofsaid end portions of the covering, and means extending through the blockfor connecting said plates together and drawing them against thecovering portions over which located.

LEONARD J. SEMEY N.

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